Advantages: Well done historical and theological treatment from an Anglo-Catholic perspective Disadvantages: For scholars, seminarians and theologians, not really general reading
...John Macquarrie begins his discussion of the way in which sacraments are thought about in Anglo-Catholic thought (which as often is liturgical as it is strictly theological). The idea of a sacrament as ‘an outward and visible sing of an inward and spiritu ...
Advantages: Clear thinking, positive and open-minded viewpoints about God, thought-provoking Disadvantages: Would be hard to read at one sitting, unlikely to appeal to those who would most benefit from it
BRIAN MCLAREN Brian McLaren is a popular Christian writer in the US who has - probably rather to his dismay - become a highly controversial figure in some circles recently. I first heard of him mentioned some years ago, not always positively, as one ...
